Data Breach Today

JULY 20, 2023

Developing a Multilayered Defense Strategy for the Most Common Attack Techniques Despite the significant advances technology has made over the past few years, email remains one of the best tools for cybercriminals. Training is just one piece of the puzzle.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 10, 2021

Meanwhile, OneTrust Receives Additional Funding Email security provider Cofense and data security firm StrikeForce Technologies both have announced strategic acquisitions this pas week. Meanwhile, data protection firm OneTrust received additional funding.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 27, 2022

New 'Rockets' Aim to Grow the Cloud Security, Email Security and MDR Businesses Check Point is aggressively expanding its salesforce and standing up "rockets" focused on emerging technology areas to land more customer deals outside network security.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 10, 2022

Abnormal Wants to Apply Its Account Takeover Prevention Technology to New Areas Abnormal Security has closed a $210 million funding round on a $4 billion valuation to apply its account takeover prevention technology to areas other than email.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Throughout 2022, we saw hackers become far more sophisticated with their email-based cyber attacks. Using legitimate services and compromised corporate email addresses became a norm and is likely to continue in 2023 and beyond. However, with the emergence of API-based or integrated email security solutions, SEGs have become obsolete.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2023

Email remains by far the no.1 Meanwhile, weaponized email continues to pose a clear and present threat to all businesses. Phishing is still the main way bad actors slip into networks; and Business Email Compromise ( BEC ) attacks can instantly translate into crippling losses. 1 business communications tool.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Analyzing the Email Security Landscape and exploring Emerging Threats and Trends. Amidst this dynamic landscape, email stands as a primary battleground for cyber defense. Key Findings from the “Email Security in 2024” Report In an exhaustive review, VIPRE processed 7.2 million as malicious.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2024

Sensitive data and trading activity of over 300K traders leaked online by international fintech firm Direct Trading Technologies. Direct Trading Technologies, an international fintech company, jeopardized over 300K traders by leaking their sensitive data and trading activity, thereby putting them at risk of an account takeover.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 17, 2023

Acquisitive Startup Buys Cyren's Threat Intel, URL Categorization, Email Security Data443 has bought Cyren's threat intelligence, URL categorization and email security technology out of bankruptcy for up to $3.5

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 19, 2022

Thom Bailey of Mimecast on Ransomware, Resilience and Emerging Tech Mimecast has released its latest State of Email Security Report, and it finds that 75% of companies were hurt by ransomware attacks in 2021 - up from 60% in 2020. Thom Bailey analyzes these results and discusses the role of emerging technology in building cyber resilience.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

BIMI essentially is a carrot-on-a-stick mechanism designed to incentivize e-mail marketers to proactively engage in suppressing email spoofing. The hope is that Matter gives rise to an emerging technology ecosystem in which interoperability deepens not just in smart homes, but across multiple interconnected systems. identification.”

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The Case for User Education in Stopping Phishing Emails or Social Engineering Scams User education is vital to boosting the detection rate of phishing emails or social engineering scams that could lead to data breaches or ransomware infestations.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2022

On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. Today, one of the U.S. All of the access Bug is currently offering was allegedly stolen from non-U.S. In July 2021, Sen.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 14, 2020

According to Trend Micro , Defray usually is spread via booby-trapped Microsoft Office documents sent via email. “The phishing emails the authors use are well-crafted,” Trend Micro wrote. But Corvus says that trend is likely to reverse in the second half of 2020 as the United States moves cautiously toward reopening.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

With the advent of new technologies like ChatGPT and Deepfakes, the situation is only getting worse. ChatGPT is being used to write compelling and grammatically correct emails to launch phishing attacks, while Deepfakes are being used to commit fraud and manipulate employees.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

Like many organizations and industries, NewsCorp migrated its digital estate to make greater use of the cloud, including leveraging SaaS providers like Google Workspaces to host email infrastructure. If your staff can log on to the internet to access their emails, so can an attacker. But it also has a considerable downside.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This is an important step, but it is also up to organizations to ensure they have the right technology and security protocols to defend themselves. Personnel may open malicious attachments or links to execute the malware via emails from threat actors who can get through email filtering controls. water and wastewater systems.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

Cloudflare CEO Shares Why Anti-Phishing Belongs on a Network Protection Platform Acquiring Area 1 Security has allowed Cloudflare to extend its network protection capabilities from DDoS attacks to phishing emails, says co-founder and CEO Matthew Prince.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

The app, developed by NJ Technologies, an India-based software developer, has over half a million downloads on the Google Play store and mainly serves the Indian market. We reached out to NJ Technologies for comment but have yet to receive a reply. Scammers can use email addresses and plain text passwords for various attacks.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

SALOMON As an affiliate of Spamdot, Salomon used the email address ad1@safe-mail.net , and the password 19871987gr. The breach tracking service Constella Intelligence found the password 19871987gr was used by the email address grichishkin@gmail.com. info — using the email address icamis@4host.info. w s, icamis[.]ru

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

USDoD told KrebsOnSecurity their phony application was submitted in November in the CEO’s name, and that the application included a contact email address that they controlled — but also the CEO’s real mobile phone number. “I wasn’t expected to be approve[d].” This is a developing story.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 23, 2021

A phishing attack last week gave attackers access to email and files at the California State Controller’s Office (SCO), an agency responsible for handling more than $100 billion in public funds each year. And spear-phishing others that frequently interact with the SCO via email could land the bad guys even more access to state systems.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

If you received a link to LinkedIn.com via email, SMS or instant message, would you click it? 31 that uses Linkedin.com links to redirect anyone who clicks to a site that spoofs Adobe , and then prompts users to log in to their Microsoft email account to view a shared document. Here’s one example from Jan. Image: Urlscan.io.

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Threat actors leak employee email addresses, corporate reports, and IT asset information on a hacker forum after an attack on an Uber technology partner.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 17, 2021

Here’s the story of one such goof committed by Fiserv [ NASDAQ:FISV ], a $15 billion firm that provides online banking software and other technology solutions to thousands of financial institutions. At first, only a few wayward emails arrived. A quick search of WHOIS registration records showed the domain was unregistered.

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AIIM

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

To help answer that, take a quick mental inventory of all the technologies your organization utilizes that interact in some way with organizational information. Think about technology like email, personal computers, the web, smart phones, social media, etc. The Dream: "Who better to manage my email, after all, than me ?

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Emails later obtained by the Post-Dispatch showed that the FBI told state cybersecurity officials that there was “not an actual network intrusion” and the state database was “misconfigured.” She stated in 2009, policy was changed to move all information technology services to the Office of Administration.”

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Cloud hosted email services have come into wide use as the go-to communication and collaboration work tools for businesses far and wide. Related: Weaponized email endures as top threat. From a security standpoint, this translates into a massive exposure to cyber attacks, leaving many doors open to malware – especially weaponized email.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 5, 2021

Some of the top ransomware gangs are deploying a new pressure tactic to push more victim organizations into paying an extortion demand: Emailing the victim’s customers and partners directly, warning that their data will be leaked to the dark web unless they can convince the victim firm to pay up. “Good day!

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2021

Verify email. In the face of phishing threats, many companies focus their investments on anti-malware software or new technology to prevent threats from getting through. Unfortunately, some of these emails will inevitably slip through the cracks.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

Related: Covid 19 ruses used in email attacks. At RSA Conference 2022 , which takes place next week in San Francisco, advanced technologies to help companies implement zero trust principals will be in the spotlight. Votiro has established itself as a leading supplier of advanced technology to cleanse weaponized files.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Clop ransomware gang gained access to the email addresses of more than 632K US federal employees at the departments of Defense and Justice. Russian-speaking Clop ransomware group gained access to the email addresses of about 632,000 US federal employees at the departments of Defense and Justice. ” states Bloomberg.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2023

June 22, 2023 — Malicious emails have reached a crescendo in 2023 according to the latest report from cybersecurity software and services provider Fortra. 36 percent of email display names are altered to a more granular level and pose as specific individuals. Google is the most abused email platform (67.5

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Dark Reading

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

It's a banner year for attacks coming through traditional email as well as newer collaboration technologies, such as Slack and Microsoft Teams. What's next?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2024

Fortinet researchers observed a threat actor sending out a phishing email containing malicious Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files. The email is crafted to trick recipients into clicking on an attachment, which downloads a ZIP file containing a Batch file obfuscated with the BatCloak tool.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Fraudsters redirected email and web traffic destined for several cryptocurrency trading platforms over the past week. “This gave the actor the ability to change DNS records and in turn, take control of a number of internal email accounts. ” In the early morning hours of Nov. ” In the early morning hours of Nov.

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